Same room as toddler? Help!

JAMIAM

Later this summer we will be staying with my in-laws for a week, for my sister-in-law's wedding. Of course their house will be full (no extra rooms will be available, like past visits) and my daughter will be 20 months at the time, will have to share a room with us. :-/ I am dreading this! My daughter has never had a problem sleeping by herself, in her crib at home. We have only stayed in a hotel with her once, but she was around the corner in the hallway in the pack n play, out of sight. Unfortunately we won't have that luxury, and I am worried about getting into a bad habit with her realizing her in the same room as her! Not to mention not sleeping & being a sleepy, whiny, crabby mess all week!

 Any advice?  

mben1119

Why not get a hotel room?

JAMIAM

Unfortunately we will be there for over a week and at $100 a night at least, that's out of the question. My husband daughter and I are all in the wedding and with all those additional expenses we just can't afford another thousand dollars.

maryxc1

DS is only 12 months so I may have different thoughts by the time he is 20 months. We have always had him in the same room when we visit my inlaws and it is not a problem for him. I don't sleep well because I hear his every move but that is a different story. I am pretty sure he doesn't even realize we are in the same room. When I put him to bed, I move our bags out of the room so we can get ready for bed elsewhere and just sneak in the room to go to bed while he stays asleep. If he wakes up in the night it is dark so he can't see us. He is a very early riser so by the time it gets bright outside we are already up. If she does see you, maybe try putting a divider of some sort in between her bed and yours.

memali26

Anytime we travel the girls (both of them!) sleep in the same room as us. We are out of town visiting family every 3 months or so and have never had issues transitioning back to them sleeping in their own rooms at home. We just make sure that whatever we need to get ready for bed (toothbrushes, PJs, etc) is out of the room and our bed is ready for us before we put them down. Then wait until we know they are asleep before going to bed ourselves (not usually a problem, we stay up later than 7:30 :P).  

alstumb@gmail.com

memali26:

Anytime we travel the girls (both of them!) sleep in the same room as us. We are out of town visiting family every 3 months or so and have never had issues transitioning back to them sleeping in their own rooms at home. We just make sure that whatever we need to get ready for bed (toothbrushes, PJs, etc) is out of the room and our bed is ready for us before we put them down. Then wait until we know they are asleep before going to bed ourselves (not usually a problem, we stay up later than 7:30 :P).  

 

All of this. Sometimes he even ends up in bed with us because he's in a strange place, but it never affects how he sleeps when we get back home. 

namara5532

I stayed at a hotel recently with DS in the same room.  My brother was staying in the room next door which helped us with our plan.  We put DS to bed in the hotel crib (with his usual lovey and blanket) with the baby monitor on him.  Then DH and I went next door to my brother's room with the other part of the monitor.  DS cried for 15 minutes, but then we didn't hear anything out of him.

You'd probably be able to pull off the same trick, especially since you'll be in a house. You can put DD to sleep in the room then leave her with a monitor.  Then you can wait in another room for her to fall asleep.

jsimm

We just went to Disney last week, with my 14 month old... I do realize the age can be a bit different... However, we have had a couple of different experiences.  Prior to Disney, we had stayed away on a few occasions and it was super hard, having to put DD down in the room, while we stayed in the same room. But in Disney, we kept our room dark, and put her down just as we would do at home, and then we snuck out, just like at home. When we crept back in things were fine, maybe she stirred a little bit but not much. Same thing with the morning, we all kind of woke up around the same time. 

If she did wake up in the middle of the night we completely ignored her, and then she went right back to sleep. My nightmares were totally relieved on this trip because she did sleep! Good luck to you! 

JAMIAM

Thanks guys! I am trying to go with the flow, but I am such a planner and my daughter sleeps so well on her own, and has slept through the night since two months old I'm terrified of disturbing that! Lol

I did forget that my inlaws have a theater room that is pitch black and soundproof, we may need to put her in there considering my sisterinlaw will be sleeping on the same floor with her one month old! Eek! Maybe a full nights sleep for my daughter but not the rest of us!